After the hustle and bustle of Broken Hill, and just about everywhere we've stopped since leaving home a month ago, it's a real treat to arrive at Menindee Lakes. The Barkindji people are the traditional owners of this beautiful part of NSW.
Menindee Lakes is a series of seven shallow lakes that are connected to the Darling River. Because they're shallow, they had a natural tendency to dry up during times prolonged hot weather and drought. But in 1968 the NSW Government completed a modification of the lakes to improve their storage capacity and manage flooding of the Darling. Now they are an important water management system that forms part of the Murray-Darling basin. Again with the Murray!
We had originally planned to head north to Tibooburra and Cameron Corner this week, but the roads are closed. So we changed tack and headed here, about 110km south east of Broken Hill. We're camped up on a hill overlooking the lake with plenty of space between us and the few other campers that are here. It's lovely to be able to take a break from touring and do nothing but sit outside, annoy the wildlife with ukulele music, and watch the sun go down over the water by the warmth of a campfire.
Are you channelling a bit of Macca and playing left-handed or is it a quirk of the selfie? Perhaps Stanners had your phone the wrong way round... The lakes look massive but very tranquil.
Looks very tranquil there by the lake, would love to hear the ukulele! By the way, why were the roads closed?
Serenity looks great. We’d like some of the uke sound too!